"Not only did Christine Komatsu render the role of Violetta with gorgeous sonority, but her acting was consistently poignant. Hers was less the 'fallen woman' and more the 'lady of the camellias.' It was truly a memorable performance."

ARTS INSIGHT, INDIANAPOLIS (USA)

"If the performance belongs to any one singer, it would be Christine Walters [Komatsu], Violetta. Her soprano voice is so rich, so well trained, and so certain that she managed to dominate a cast that would have been magnificent without her. She began creating her masterpiece from her first aria, and continued her dazzling singing for the rest of the evening. Brava, Christine Walters!"

PALLADIUM-ITEM, RICHMOND (USA)

"Puccini loved his heroines, and productions of his operas depend on great singers who can act as well. Our Mimi, Christine Walters [Komatsu], was merely glorious: her 'Mi chiamano Mimi' was adorable and engaging; her duet and quartet work restrained and fine; her acting credible and moving; and her death poignantly beautiful. The audience loved her almost as much as Rodolfo did, and they were right."

EVENING OBSERVER, DUNKIRK, NY (USA)

"The best of them is Christine Walters [Komatsu], a marvelous soprano who sings Gilda’s inane arias with awesome skill. Her voice is pure; her phrasing is precise; she can sing softly and still be heard at the back of the theater; in fact, she can even sing beautifully in a gunnysack after having her head bounced on the floor. Ms. Walters has an attractive stage presence, and she does none of the mugging or scene-stealing that a singer of her ability might find tempting. Her performance was a flat-out triumph."

PALLADIUM-ITEM, RICHMOND (USA)

"Cast in the role of the fickle young Adina is Christine Walters [Komatsu], a vivacious soprano whose voice seems to come from within the depths of her being and pours out in perfect tones. Her voice is not only clear in the quality of sound projected, but is well-modulated and expressive. She does not merely sing the words, but feels and interprets them as well. Ms. Walters was the belle of the evening."

THE MUNCIE STAR (USA)

"Ms. Walters [Komatsu] has always shown us a rich voice, excellent technique, and great musical sensitivity. Her acting has now caught up with her voice. From her big soliloquy at the end of Act One, through her confrontations with Germont and later the madly jealous Alfredo, to her moving death, Christine Walters gave us a Violetta splendid to see and hear."

PALLADIUM-ITEM, RICHMOND (USA)

"Christine Walters [Komatsu] stopped the show with an eloquent and endearing rendition of the aria, 'O mio babbino caro."

ARTS INSIGHT, INDIANAPOLIS (USA)

"As the tubercular Mimi, Christine Walters [Komatsu] gave an affecting and poignant performance. Ms. Walters has a lovely, clear and resonant soprano."

PALLADIUM-ITEM, RICHMOND (USA)

"Christine Walters [Komatsu] sang expressively and with fresh tone as the touchingly naïve Micaela."

FORT WAYNE NEWS-SENTINEL (USA)

"Christine Walters [Komatsu], who sang Micaela, is the singer whose Violetta in 'La Traviata' I praised so ecstatically a few years ago. She still has a pure, clear soprano, heaven be praised, and she sang Micaela with winning sweetness."

PALLADIUM-ITEM, RICHMOND (USA)

"This was well above your average 'Messiah' performances…All of the soloists performed well…Soprano Christine Walters [Komatsu] possesses an extremely pleasant, clean and pure light voice, which has a natural brightness. She sounded wonderful."

"Christine Komatsu has a large number of performances with prestigious orchestras of the world. Although not the largest of operatic voices, the singer demonstrated excellent vocal schooling and nobility of phrasing."

"Christine Walters [Komatsu] was the only person on a stage crammed with hundreds of musicians who wore anything but black and white, and her red and blue silk gown made her majestic singing [Brahms’s 'Ein Deutsches Requiem'] all the more striking. Her singing was wonderfully expressive, very tender and beautifully phrased."

"This was a concert to be treasured in memory, to be used as a measuring stick for concerts in decades ahead."

THE POST-JOURNAL, JAMESTOWN, NY (USA)

"Ms. Walters [Komatsu] sang with poise as her clear soprano soared in celebration of Brahms’ immortal music."

MUNCIE EVENING PRESS (USA)

"Komatsu’s inviting voice is light yet full of tints and hues. This, too, was a welcome change from sopranos of a more metallic and aggressive type, and she provided a fine complement to the other singers."
[Beethoven’s Symphony #9]

"Soprano Christine Walters [Komatsu] now came forward to perform 'Laudate Dominum,' a setting of Psalm 117. Ms. Walters demonstrated a voice huge of range and extremely flexible in scope."

"The second half of the program was the 'C Minor Mass.' Ms. Walters here demonstrated a strong and beautiful lower range to her voice, which was a delightful complement to her soaring, silvery upper register."

"Soprano Christine Walters [Komatsu], as Gabriel and Eve [Haydn’s 'Creation'] also was outstanding. At times her voice floated above the orchestra and chorus, sounding, dare I say, heavenly."

"Four eminently talented soloists led the way [in Mozart’s 'Mass in C Minor']…The 'Et incarnatus est' offered Walters [Komatsu] yet another opportunity to exercise her voice in an extraordinary and amazingly adept manner."

"Komatsu, of all the singers, has an extraordinary ability to pull you right into a song. In Carousel’s Mr. Snow, you grasp the illusions and practical sacrifices a woman in love is prepared to endure. And I’m telling you, there were tissues aplenty being yanked into service when she sang that South Pacific classic, A Wonderful Guy."